by Maurice Middleberg | May 27, 2014 | Take Action
The #bringbackourgirls hashtag has sparked widespread revulsion over the kidnapping of Nigerian girls who might be sold into bondage, including congressional resolutions condemning the group Boko Haram. While hashtag activism and expressions of outrage are important,...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
All too often, the price of gold includes a human toll. At many mining sites, children are exploited as workers. A new report by Free the Slaves, Child Rights in Mining, examines the problem of child slavery and child labor at informal gold mines. Investigators...
by Timea Nagy | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Editor’s Note: Slavery survivor Timea Nagy now helps others escape enslavement on the streets of Canada. She is a recipient of a Free the Slaves Freedom Award for her heroic resilience and ongoing commitment to others. Her group, Walk with Me, has recently...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 3, 2012 | Nepal
About 50,000 women and girls work in restaurants, dance bars and massage parlors in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Many of them endure brutal sexual abuse. One tool to ending the exploitation is to educate the country’s community police force to recognize sex slavery and...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 27, 2012 | Slavery in the News
Historic news this week from a special U.N court. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted of “aiding and abetting” crimes against humanity. The charges included sexual slavery of women, and conscripting children to fight as soldiers, which is also a...
